1 But if the Nestorian Church provided one vehicle whereby Nazarean thought survived into a later epoch, there were also others.

2 We have already discussed how Nestorian thought served as a repository for certain Nazarean traditions.

3 A statement was issued finally repudiating the Nestorian position and affirming the Orthodox position.

4 In the Yuan dynasty, Jining Circuit, where Nestorian churches and believers had long existed, was an important region for Nestorians.

5 Towards 1280, the Nestorian monk Rabban Sauma and his young companion Mark left Dadu, name of Beijing under the Mongols, and undertook a long pilgrimage to the West.

6 He had sent two Nestorian monks to Central Asia, and they were able to smuggle silkworm eggs to him hidden in rods of bamboo.

7 The arrival of Islam and Nestorian Christians in the 7th century, and the famous Jesuit adaptation to Chinese culture during the 17th century, thwarted by an intransigent Vatican, are part of it.

8 A Nestorian stone column with inscription of the Tang Dynasty was unearthed from Luoyang in 2006.

9 A cracked Nestorian stone column with inscription of the Tang Dynasty was unearthed from Luoyang in 2006.

10 Markos was eventually chosen as Nestorian Patriarch, and later suggested his teacher, Rabban Bar Sauma, be sent on another mission, as Mongol ambassador to Europe.

11 Nestorian relics found in the Beijing area bear witness to a Christian presence there before the 10th Century.

12 Priscillian's own teaching was characterised by a marked strain of Nestorian thought, as well as by skeins of Gnostic Manichaeanism.

13 He was a Turkic/Mongol monk, turned diplomat, of the Nestorian Christian faith.

14 Through exploring medical technology, Ma Bo-ying claims that he is a Nestorian Doctor from the Roman Empire.

15 This paper transcripts, translates and annotates a newly found Syrian-Uigurian Nestorian inscription from Quanzhou.

16 The city layout reflected their diversity: there were mosques, "idol temples" and even a Nestorian Christian church.